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VOLUME 24. NO. 26
Southern Pines, North Carolina,
SP School Finals
BACK FROM OVERSEAS
Begin June Fourth
With Annual Sermon
Twenty-six Diplomas
Will Be Awarded; Four
Programs Scheduled
Commencement exercises which
will mark the completion of public
school training for a class of 26 sen
iors of Southern Pines High School
will begin with the commencement
sermon at 8:30 p. m. on Sunday,
June 4th, in the Church of Wide
Fellowship. The sermon will be de
livered by Dr. George Mauze, pastor
of the First Presbyterian Church in
Winston-Salem, a former instructor
in the John Marshall High School,
Richmond, Va- There will be special
music by the Glee Club.
Class Night will be held Tuesday,
J'une 6th, at 8:30 p. m., at which
time the seniors will present a pro
gram entitled “Behind the Guns”.
This and the remaining programs
will be held in the high school au
ditorium.
Honors Day will be observed Wed
nesday, June 7th, at 11:30 a. m., with
the presentation of medals and other
awards.
Graduation exercises Wednesday,
June 7th, at 8:30 p. m. will be the
final event. The Rev. Wade Framp-
ton, Presbyterian minister of Che-
raw, S- C., will deliver the address.
He will be introduced by Gordon
M. Cameron of Pinehurst, chairman
of the Board of Commissioners of
Moore County. Dr. G. G. Herr, chair
man of the Southern Pines School
Board, will award the diplomas-
The alumni will march with the
seniors at graduating exercises, as
usual.
Members of Class of '44
Members of the 1943-44 graduating
class are:
Irene Alexander, Imogen Ann Bra-
din, Ethel Blue Britt, Herbert Bor-
tek, Louise Mae Gracey Brooks, Bur
ton Walter Brown, Frances Eliza
beth Calloway, Elizabeth Jean Coun
cil, Isabel Blanche Dupree, Hazel
Burlein Garner, Bill A. Hall, James
Elmer Harrington, Lewis Hodgkins,
Elizabeth Catherine Johnston, Doro
thy Anne Kaylor, Grace Klabbatz
Hawk, John Lewis McCain, William
Arch McDonald, Mabel Louise Nor
ton, Nancy Ruth Osborne, Betty Lou
Palmer, Mona Beall Shepard, Helen
Louise Short, Joseph Calvin Thomas,
Jr., Curtis Myron Williams, and Jac
queline Worsham.
Harry Lee Brown, Jr., will receive
a twelfth grade certificate.
Friday, May 26, 1944
TEN CENTS
BAND CONCERT
The 541st “All Jumping” Para
chute Infantry Concert Band, of
which M. Sgt. Fernando Perez is
conductor, will give a concert in the
City Park, Southern Pines, at 4:30 p.
m. Sunday, May 28th. Col. Ducat
McEntee is the commanding officer;
Those who have heard this musi
cal organization in its delightful con
certs here in the past will not want
to miss this Sunday afternoon treat.
TlSGT. WILLIAM D. McGILL*
T|Sgt. William D. McGill, who be
fore his induction into the Army in
I'ebruary, 1941, was owner of Bill’s
Shoe Service in Southern Pines, re
turned home last week following
eighteen months’ service overseas,
where he served principally as Parts
Supply Sergeant.
He participated in the African, Si
cilian and It-alian Campaigns, includ
ing the Anzio Beachhead landing,
and has been awarded the American
Defense Medal, Good Conduct Med
al, the European, African, Middle
I.astern Theater Campaign Award,
the Bronze Battle Honor Star for
the Sicilian Campaign, and the
Bronze Battle Honor Star for the It
alian Campaign.
Sgt. McGill was delighted to get
back to the U. S. A. and he has a
deeper appreciation of trees than
ever before after having been where
there were few trees other
than olives- Natives, he said, gather
up tiny twigs and dry grass to use
as fuel for cooking.
With a rating of “excellent,” Sgt.
McGill was given a Commendation
signed by his Commanding Officer,
which says, in part:
“You have always, under every
condition which presented itself in
the field before, during, and after
actual combat, exhibited a remark
able degree of cooperation, morale,
and ingenuity. These characteristics
on your part have enabled those un
der whose command you have serv
ed to point you out as an individual
example of the high standards of
morale and efficiency in your unit
in particular, and in the Army as a
whole.
“You have the highest recommen
dations of your Commanding Offi
cer.”
Sgt. McGill’s wife is a floor super-
'/isor in Moore County Hospital. His
parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. McGill,
reside at Vass.
POPPY DAY—MAY 27
SERVICES CHAIRMEN
SLIGHTLY INJURED
As Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Jones, re
turning home from church, were pro
ceeding west on New Hampshire
Avenue Sunday at noon, their car
was struck at the East Broad Street
intersection by the automobile of an
army nurse going north. The door
of the Jones car was smashed and
Mr. Jones was slightly injured. The
nurse, who was on her way from
Nebraska to Georgia, is reported to
‘have admitted that she was at fault,
explaining that she was trying to
get back to the highway and was
watching for signs.
TIME OUT FOR A FRESH-UP
Chiswell’s Coffee Shop will close
Saturday night. May 27th, for re
pairs, opening again on Tuesday,
June 6th, fresh and clean after being
repainted.
BRUSH FIRES
Little back yard brush fires keep
firemen busy these hot days- Late
Saturday afternoon they were call
ed to the extension of Ridge street
south of the Morganton Road, and
again at 3 o’clock Tuesday after
noon to the block of New York Ave
nue between May and Ridge Streets.
E. H. Garrison, Jr., chairman of
the Executive Committee, Moore
County Chapter of American Red
Cross, announces the appointment of
the following chairmen of Services:
L. L. Woolley, Home Service Com
mittee; Col. Geo. P. Hawes, Jr., Dis
aster Preparedness Committee; Mrs.
C. L. Warner, Junior Red Cross;
Frank Kaylor, First Aid Corps.
Saturday will be Poppy Day
:—the day upon which we wear
a poppy to honor the dead and
help the living.
The material from which the
the poppies are made is bought
by the American Legion for the
disabled veterans, who make
ft
the flowers. The Legion then
buys the poppies and sells them,
using the funds received from
the sale for relief work among
the suffering servicemen and
their families, which now in
clude those of World War 11.
The idea of the poppy as a
memorial flower for the World
War dead sprang up as natur
ally as the wild flower itself
grows in the fields of France and
Flanders. The flower was the
one touch of beauty which sur
vived amid the hideous destruc
tion of war. Along the edge of
the trenches, beneath the tang
led barbed wire, about the rag
ged shell holes and over the
fresh graves it raised its brave
red blossom. It seemed to be the
one immortal thing in that re
gion where death reigned. The
soldiers of all nations came to
look upon it as the living sym
bol of the sacrifices of their dead
comrades.
Soon many millions of the lit
tle red flowers were being worn
each year in all parts of the Eng
lish-speaking world, to honor
the World War dead and to aid
the war's living victims.
The need this year, with the
influx from the Front, is very
urgent. So. remember to buy a
poppy to help the boys.
ARRIVES OVERSEAS
Stimson Takes Post
at Camp for Boys
Baptist Church Enjoyed
Splendid Progress During
His 15-Year Pastorate
The Rev. J. Fred Stimson, whose
resignation as pastor of the First
Baptist Church in Southern Pines
effective the middle of June was
recorded in this paper last week, re
signed to accept a senior staff mem
bership of the Chimney Rock Boys’
Camp at Chimney Rock in western
North Carolina, Mr. Stimson has dis
closed.
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
A barn on the farm of County
Commissioner Thad L. Blue, who
lives in the Eureka section midway
between Carthage and Vass, was
struck by lightning around 8:00 p.
m. Sunday. The barn, together with
a nice supply of hay, was burned,
but the livestock was saved.
BANKS OBSERVE HOLIDAY
Memorial Day, Tuesday, May 30th,
will be observed as a holiday by the
Citizens Bank and Trust Company
of Southern Pines and the Bank of
Pinehurst and its branches, it has
been announced.
ATTEND OFFICERS SCHOOL
Police Chief C. E. Newton, Auxil
iary Policemen jimes Schwcirtz and
James Colton, and M. A. Lewis of the
FfB.I. attended the annual school for
civilian and military policemen at
Lumljerton Thursday afternoon of
last week.
This camp, located in the heart of
the Blue Ridge Mountains on the
shore of Lake Lure, is nationally
known. It enrolls selected Christian
boys between the ages of seven and
seventeen and offers all forms of
sports activity, with) emphasis on
character development.
Those who know the Rev. Mr.
Stimson well can readily understand
the appeal this type of work would
have for him. However, his camp
work does not mean desertion of the
ministry as he will have'much time
to devote to that, the camp activities
being mostly seasonal.
Mr. Stimson took up his work
here with the Baptist Church the
first of November 1928. The mem
bership of the church when he came
was listed as 114 and is now listed
at 230. In addition to his church
•work, which has included the erect
ion of a new building—now debt
free—he has served as local chap
lain of the American Legion, chap
lain of the Masonic Lodge, director
and vice president of the Chamber
of Commerce and director, president
and lieutenantgovernor of the Ki-
wanis Club.
SGT. ROBERT K. McDONALD
Sgt. Robert K. McDonald, former
ly a mess sergeant with the Engin
eers Corps at Camp Phillips, Kan
sas, landed somewhere in the Brit
ish Isles early in May, his sister, Mrs.
John Blue and brother, Parker Mc
Donald, of Southern Pines have been
informed.
He worked with the T. A. Loving
Construction Company at Cherry
Point and Shaw Paint and Wallpa
per Company in Southern Pines be
fore entering the service.
Heart Attack Fatal
to Benjamin Bortek
Manager of Aberdeen Ho
siery Mills Dies at His
Home Here Sunday night
Benjamin J. Bortek, for the past
three years manager of the Aberdeen
Hosiery Mills and a resident of
Southern Pines, died suddenly from
a heart attack shortly after midnight
Sunday. Mr. Bortek, who w,as 40
years of age, was born in Russia, but
resided in Philadelphia before com
ing to Southern Pines. He was a
member of the Masonic Order.
Surviving are his widow and one
son, Herbert. The body was carried
to Philadelphia for funeral service.
IN THE ARMY
PFC. ANDREW PANGS
Pfc. Andrew Panos is in the radio
department of the 702nd Twin En
gineer Flying Training Squadron at
the Blytheville Army Air Base, Bly-
theville. Ark. He is the nephew of
Mr. and Mrs. Nick Rapatos, and liv
ed here for the past several years.
His parents are in Greece.
VOTE EARLY!
The Primary elecfton in Sou
thern Pines will be held at the
Town Hall in the Municipal
Park Saturday. May 27th. The
polls will open at 6:30 a. m. and
close at 6:30 p. m.
PRIMARY CANDIDATES
D-DAY FUND
SCHEDULE CHANGES
The Southern Pines Surgical
Dressings Room will go on a
summer schedule beginning May
29th. From then on, the room
will be open only five mornings
a week. Monday through Friday,
from 8:30 to 12:30.
The suggestion recently made
in these columns that D-Day, the
day on which the invasion of
western Europe begins, would
be appropriately recognized by
special gifts to the Red Cross
has received general approval
and the hearty endorsement of
the local chapter. All who ap
prove of the idea and would
like to participate in this very
practical and timely demonstra
tion of home front loyalty are
therefore invited to send their
contributions to the local. head
quarters at any time or to hand
them to boy and girl scout col
lectors on D-Day. It is hoped
that the twelve-hundred-dollar
deficit in the recent drive can
thus be made up.
STATE TICKET
(Democratic)
UNITED STATES SENATOR
Cameron Morrison
Clyde R. Hoey
Arthur Simmons
Marvin Lee Ritch
Giles Yeoman Newton
GOVERNOR
R. Gregg Cherry
Ralph McDonald
Olla Ray Boyd
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
W. I. Halstead
L. Y. Ballentine
Jamie T. Lyda
SECRETARY OF STATE
W. N. Crawford
Thad Eure
STATE AUDITOR
Fred S. Hunter
George Ross Pou
STATE TREASURER
Charles M. Johnson
L. J. Phipps
Saturday Will Tell
Tale in Political
Nominations Battle
No Contest in Moore,
But Several State Of
fices Hotly Contested
STATE TICKET
(Republican)
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
George L. Greene
Robert L. Lovelace
A. Harold Morgan
STATE TREASURER
Hiram B. Worth
S. B. Roberts
Saturday shortly after 6:30 they’ll
start counting the votes and soon
the results of another Democratic
Primary will be known. So far as
Moore County itself is concerned,
there will be 'no contest as not one
candidate is opposed.
However, with some of the State
candidates, the story is different. Es
pecially active have been Major R.
Gregg Cherry and Dr. Ralph Mc
Donald in the race for governor,
and the outcome remains to be seen.
McDonald’s campaign manager
has expressed confidence in a sweep
ing victory in Saturday’s Primary,
saying that a broad swing of voters
to his candidate in the closing days
of the campaign indicated that Mc
Donald would enjoy a wide margin
of triumph.
On the other hand, Gregg Cherry,
in commenting on rumors that he
said had been “whispered up and
down North Carolina,” said that
“these personal attacks of the last
few days have only served to bring
out in great force a support from
people of North Carolina who have
previously been passive or inactive
in this political campaign”.
“The personal attacks that have
been made on me come from the
hopelessness of the campaign of
ethers. It was born of desperation,
as was the case in 1936, when simil
ar tactics were unsuccessfully used”,
he declared.
Both Cherry and McDonald have
announced that if elected they wiU
seek a state-wide liquor referendum.
There is much interest, also, in
the race for the United States Sen
ate and Lieutenant Goevrnor.
Kiwanis Club Hears
of Welfare Program
Aim Is To Give People
An Equal Chance in Life,
Says Head of Department
Lt. Donald A. Currie^ Jr., Pilot of a
Flying Fortress, Is Decorated Again
SMALL FRY
Two business houses in town were
broken into Tuesday night, apparent
ly by barefoot juveniles. At Colin
Osborne’s garage the prowlers re
moved an 8 by 12 pane of glass and
entered and despite the fact that the
cash register was open, practically
demolished it. At Dorn’s store, the
other place visited, there was only
an 8 by 8 opening. Nothing was miss
ed from the store.
1st Lt. Donald A. Currie, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Currie, Sr.,
Pinehurst, who is serving as a pilot
of a Flying Fortress crew of the
Eighth Air Force now carrying out
operational missions over Germany
and enemy-occupied Europe, con
tinues to win honors.
Holder of the Air Medal and three
Oak Leaf Clusters to the Air Medal,
he has been awarded the Distin-^
guished Flying Cross for his gallan
try while on a bombing mission over
Germany on February 22, 1.044. The
citation accompanying the award
reads as follows:
“For extraordinary achievement,
while serving as Pilot of a B-17 air
plane on a bombing mission over
Germany, 22 February 1944. The for
mation was subjected to a heavy
barrage of flak as it withdrew from
the target area. Lieutenant Currie’s
aircraft sustaining severe damage-
The tail assembly was partially des
troyed, numerous control cables sev
ered and one engine disabled. Unable
to remain with the formation, he
headed his aircraft for England.
Though his plane became almost un
controllable at times, Lt. Currie skil
fully flew it back to England and
made a safe landing at his home
base. The courage, determination
and exceptional skill displayed by
Lt. Currie w>ere directly responsible
for the safe return of his aircraft
and crew.”
Lt. Currie underwent pre-flight
training at Maxwell Field, Alabama,
primary training at Lakeland, Fla.,
basic training at Shaw Field, S. C.,
and advanced pilot training at Tur
ner Field, Georgia, at which time he
was commissioned a second lieuten
ant in May, 1943. Shortly after his
arrival in the European Theatre of
Operations, his promotion to First
Lieutenant was announced by Head
quarters, Eighth Air Force.
Prior to his enlistment in April,
1942, the lieutenant was employed
by the Jefferson Standard Life In
surance Company in Greensboro. He
is a graduate of Pinehurst High
School and attended the University of
North Carolina.
His wife, Mrs. Currie, resides in
Greensboro.
Miss Pauline Covington, superin
tendent of the Moore County ’Wel
fare Department, addressed the
Sandhills Kiwanis Club at its lunch
eon Wednesday at, the Pinehurst
School, She told the Kiwanians of
the work the Welfare Office in Car
thage is doing in this county, de
claring that the ideal of Public Wel
fare is not to create a dole system,
but to look after the welfare of the
home and community- It is the plan
of Democracy, she said, “to give
people an equal chance in life”.
She explained that the Welfare De
partment has professional workers,
trained to go into the homes and help
solve the problems of unfortunate
people.
Miss Covington described the class
es of work that are being done:
First, helping those of mental defic
iency; second, aiding those who are
unable to provide for themselves
third, conducting clinics and a study
of criminal delinquency, and fourth,
providing homes for children and
protecting the health of children in
regard to work.
In conclusion she explained that
the Welfare Department also acts
somewhat as a Bureau of Informa
tion for securing allotments for mo
thers whose husbands are in the
Armed Forces. !
The speaker was introduced by
J. Vance Rowe, Judge of Moore
County Recorder’s Court.
Haynes Britt of Pinehurst and H.
A. Matthews of Southern Pines were
inducted into club membership by
Dr. T. A. Cheatham.
SUMMER KINDERGARTEN
Miss Kate McIntyre, Miss Bess Mc
Intyre and Miss Elizabeth Heins of
the local school faculty are planning
to conduct a kindergarten at the
Southrn Pines School for six weeks
during the summer if there is suffi
cient interest to justify it- The hours
will be 9:00 to 12:00, daily, Monday
through Friday. Their announcement
will be found on page five. Informa
tion may be obtained by calling the
school office, 5582.
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